“Before he got sick, we used to joke about ghosts and spirits. He would make fun of me and taunt me with things like Ouija boards. I told him if anything ever happened to me, I was going to come back and prove that spirits can come around. He laughed and said, ‘Okay, I’ll come back and show you, too.’ And boy, has he been showing me.”
“Give up the bad habits that rob kids of mental strength.”
“He never once made me feel insecure about my disability and never once asked me what my disability meant for my future.”
“Although kids give the impression that they’d like to be in charge, deep down they know they aren’t capable of making good decisions. They want their parents to be leaders.”
“I was still shaking and crying, but this time I was crying tears of thankfulness.”
“There are no words to accurately describe how grateful I am he took the time to ‘meet us right where we were.’”
Any effort toward being 100 percent consistent with boundaries, limits, and routines will seriously improve children’s behavior.
“They do not give you a guide on how to grieve when you lose a child. While situations like this can tear a family apart, it made mine so much stronger.”
“We decided to teach Jackson to fight back. We helped him realize that he can be confident and proud of who he is.”
“I want them to be in my arms when they die. Held, peaceful, and loved to the very end.”
